Enable WiFi Internet Tethering on Nexus One Phone

Tethering on Nexus One running Android 2.1 can be enabled on rooted android device. Follow our step by step guide on how to root Google Nexus one. Before rooting make sure to unlock the Nexus one bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader lets you install other firmware images that provide the user root access of system files. Once the root access is obtained, you can override protected operating system features and install 3rd party software and enable internet tethering to share the phone’s 3G network connection over Wifi.

Follow the step below to update your Nexus One phone with a kernel that supports internet tethering and works with both Wireless and Wired (usb) tether.

How to enable Tethering on Nexus One Phone using android-wifi-tether

Instructions for userdebug or eng build:

You must be running a userdebug or eng build. This update won’t run on the ‘user’ build, you will get ‘verification failed’.